Sentence Correction

That the new managing editor rose from the publications soft news sections to a leadership position is more of a landmark in the industry than her being a woman.

A. her being a woman
B. being a woman is
C. her womanhood
D. that she was a woman
E. that she is a woman

OA E

Can you explain the ans with reasons?

That the editor rose from X to Y is more of a landmark than ???

You can read it further like this:

That she rose is more of a landmark than ???

Parallelism, the underlined portion MUST begin with "that"

That she rose is more of a landmark than that ???

Between D and E

Though "rose" is past tense, we are stating a general fact here - The editor is a woman.

Also, it IS a landmark, so it is justified to say she IS a woman.

Pick E.